Stadium seat



Me., U9 H949 L. J. THOMPSON STADIUM SEAT Filed April 27, 1946 Patented Dec. 20, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l Claim.

My invention provides what is herein designated as a bleacher or stadium seat and more specifically is in the nature of an improvement upon the structure disclosed and claimed in my earlier Patent N o. 2,137,312.

While the objects of my invention are broadly similar to the objects set forth in my aboveidentified patent, a further object of my present invention is to provide a seat of the above type wherein the seat cushion and the back are strapped or otherwise secured together.

Another object of my invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the seat and back cushions when strapped together may be both inserted over the upwardly-projecting supporting frame.

The above and still further objects of my invention will become apparent from the following detailed specification, appended claim and attached drawings.

Referring to the drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective View showing my novel seat and frame structure secured to a conventional bleacher seat;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective View; and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring with greater particularity to the drawings, the seat frame is made from spring metal, preferably steel, and may be either a solid rod or spring steel tube, and is indicated in its entirety by the numeral I. Member I is made from a single rod bent to form parallel uprights la and a cross connecting member I b (forming a yoke-like frame back) and horizontal base porn tions Ic, the ends of which are bent downward and backward to form prongs Id.

Preferably, the shape of frame I conforms to the frame disclosed in my earlier above-identified application, but it is not necessary that it follows such in detail in order to successfully practice my present invention.

The seat cushion 2 preferably involves a casing of canvas or similar material stuiIed with suitable lling material. Cushion 2, which, as shown, is preferably of a Width to lit between spaced frame members Ic, is provided at its back with a loop-forming strap 3, the backturned ends 3a of which are secured to the lateral extremities of the rear face of the cushion 2. In order to facilitate placing of strap 3 over the yoke-like back of frame I so as to get the same into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and also to securely hold the same in position thereafter, it is preferable that the strap 3 be made of elastic material.

To more or less close the gap between the upper portions of rods Ia and to form a back rest, I provide an envelope-like hood identied in its entirety by the numeral 4 and comprising a back portion 5, made of canvas or the like, and which member 5 is sewed to a suitable stuffed cushion B at its upper and side edges so as to permit insertion of the yoke-like frame back (comprising uprights Ia and cross member Ib) into the bottom opening slot I provided by members 5 and 6, as shown with particularity in Fig. 3.

A pair of parallel straps Il and 8 preferably non-elastic, have their upper ends secured to the back-turned edges 5a of back portion 5 and preferably also to the back portion of cushion 6 by adequate stitching or the like. The bottom ends of straps 8 and 9 are secured by adequate stitching or the like, both to the rear edge of seat cushion 2 and to the back-turned ends 3a. of elastic strap 3.

The above-described structure, aside from being more comfortable than the earlier structure disclosed in my above-identified patent, in that it has a stuffed cushion both on the seat and in the back, has the added advantage of having the seat and back portions always locked together, thus minimizing loss and thievery.

What I claim is:

In a seat of the class described, a frame made up of a rod-like element bent to form an upright yoke-like frame back and horizontal base portions, the latter terminating in downwardly and backwardly turned hooks, in combination with a back cushion, a iiexible sheet secured on three sides to said back cushion and providing, together with said cushion, a hood capable of being slipped on the yoke of said frame, a seat cushion associated with the base and back portions of said frame and spaced vertically from said back portion, a loop-forming elastic strap secured to the back of said seat cushion and over the backforming upright portions of said seat, and a pair of non-elastic vertically extending laterallyspaced parallel straps connecting the back portion of said back cushion to the rear of said seat cushion, said vertically-disposed parallel straps also being connected to the outer ends of the looped elastic straps connected to the seat cushion.

LEONARD J. THOMPSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,885,109 Burkhart Nov. 1, 1932 1,934,307 Hardester NOV. 7, 1933 1,946,825 Wittcoi Feb. 13, 1934 2,005,972 Gallop June 25, 1935 2,137,312 Thompson Nov. 22, 1938 2,156,629 Hutchison May 2, 1939 

